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I'm sorry for the inconvienience, but Small Sentences is continually getting reported, so it may get deleted.
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Thank you for the poem comment on 'Where Does The Time Go?' and I went back and fixed my spelling mistakes thanks for telling they were there, if you could would you go back and tell me if i missed any?

Don't worry about it! I call people out a bit too much... hah, definitely need that. I only know as much as I've been taught and have researched. I still have a lot more work to do before I can even begin to comprehend everything that gender studies entails.

I hope you have a good evening though :)

Actually, I'm Canadian. However, I am offended at your comment. I'm assuming that you've been taught that way either through the media, or through various other information sources that Americans are not tolerant and not accepting. But that is stereotyping a nation as a whole, and grouping all of it's individuals into one category which is deeply harmful. It's the same as saying that all men are pigs, or that all female lesbians are 'butch' (I do not agree with either term). Maybe I'm oversensitive, or maybe I've taken too many courses dealing with cultures. However, I would advise you to maybe avoid generalizing people as a whole. If I was American, I'd be even more offended. I know plenty of Americans who are opposite of what most people associate with them - socialist, tolerant, socially aware etc.

Women are breaking boundaries, yes, so that they can enter in higher ranking jobs. The number of female university students as opposed to male university students is roughly equal. While that looks fine and dandy on the surface, many don't look beyond that. Women are taking higher paid jobs, but does that mean there is equality within those jobs? No. On average, a woman is paid $20,000 less than a man for the same job. They encounter harassment, and sexism. As well, while women are seeking higher ranking jobs, this does not mean that the task is easy. When hiring, if it comes down between a man and a woman, the person hiring will probably pick the man (unless they need to fill a quota) because of one major reason: the man cannot get pregnant. In the mind of an employer, they will want somebody who will be able to work all the time, and not worry about hiring someone that could potentially need replacing. Sure, some say "Well that is logical!" but is it really? Not all women are going to have children, but some seem to have it engrained in them that women must have children. Anyways, yes, women are getting more opportunities but you need to be able to look beyond that and not take it at face value. Even within universities, there is sexism. Yes, more women are going to school. BUT did you ever look at what their majors are? I have a female friend who wants to be an engineer. She gets so much flack about it. "It's so male dominated! And it's so difficult! Why don't you become a psychologist, or a teacher?" Apparently women in science is a difficult thing for some people to grasp.

Gah, sorry for rambling. I just find that when I start discussing something I'm passionate about, I can't stop! I hope I didn't come off as harsh (I am very stubborn and sometimes my views can get the best of me).

Just a side note: Canadians are usually thought of as accepting and tolerant people. However, many have never even heard of the atrocities that have been committed in the past (and even to this day) because it is well hidden. Just because the perception of something is there, does not mean it is necessarily true.

Well, my paper was trying to focus on pointing out that gender roles are not biological, as opposed to what many people believe. I wasn't trying to go for the big shebang and talk about feminism as a whole because, well, that would be a paper with no end. Considering all of the different things that are incorporated into gender issues - race, class, ability, sexuality - it is difficult to get everything in at one time. Though, I definitely understand what you mean. (Plus, I had to keep my paper under 3000 words so I had to really make sure I only had the arguments that would support my thesis.)

However, men are priviledged in society. Yes, they face discrimination - the patriarchal dividend explores this idea - but they don't suffer nearly as much as women have. To say that men and women have suffered equally, is just as detrimental as claiming that gender roles are biological. I am not ignoring the fact that men suffer from gender stereotyping, but if you want to discuss who suffers from gender stereotyping, you need to look at race, class, ability and sexuality orientation as well. If you do, you will see that there are varying degrees of suffering even within a gender. A man who is upper-class and white won't face nearly as much discrimination as a black homosexual man. Anyways, I digress.

As for the 'It is a positive thing for a woman to break the boundaries and flout the typical gender roles, but when men do it they're just weird' quote, I can't help but notice a glaring flaw in that. When women break the boundaries, it is not necessarily seen as a positive thing, regardless of how far women's lib has come. A woman who is a lesbian, and doesn't fit the conventional beauty ideologies, is scorned. She can be discriminated by her family, by her coworkers, even by people on the street. People seem to have this idea that women's lib is viewed as positive, but it is anything but that. I've told people that I am a feminist and they ask me if I hate men. Women who try to break the glass ceiling in the work place aren't necessarily praised (unless it is by other women) as much as critiqued for not being at home to take care of any children.

Any-who >< I didn't necessarily mean to come off as ignoring men all together in my paper, but the point of the paper was to prove that gender is not biological. Sex, is. But gender is not.

Thanks for the comment though! I appreciate it, and I love to discuss different point of views regarding gender issues.

Haha! Well, atleast it proves my point :) thanks!

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